Monthly Archives: September 2015

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh said there are no government plans to impose taxes on individuals. The government is only considering imposing taxes on national and foreign companies, Saleh told Al-Rai newspaper yesterday.
The minister...

KUWAIT: MP Hamdan Al-Azmi yesterday said he has decided to file a request to grill the health minister at the start of the next parliamentary term in late October over medical errors and mismanagement. Azmi said the grilling against...

KUWAIT: The public prosecutor yesterday said he has pressed charges against 26 people in a cell linked to Iran and Hezbollah, and accused 24 of them of plotting to carry out attacks against Kuwait. The cell was busted on...

NEW YORK: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem urged the United Nations yesterday to continue its ethical role for enhancing values of democracy, as a culture and in practice. Once the international community instills such noble values in world...

KUWAIT: Obtaining a driving license has become increasingly difficult in Kuwait and now with the start of the new school year, the situation is hitting expatriate housewives especially hard. Before expatriate housewives with schoolage children were eligible to obtain...

KUWAIT: Fish prices have fallen, although most salesmen at the Sharq fish market do not want to admit it. The boycott campaign ‘Let it Spoil’ seems to have played a part since it started about two weeks ago, leading...

KUWAIT: The inflation rate rose by 0.44 percent during June 2015 and rose by 3.54 percent in June 2015 compared with June 2014, a report sent to the cabinet on changes of prices of 11 main products for citizens...

KUWAIT: Commenting on the statement recently made by Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi concerning asking the Interpol to arrest and return the Egyptian doctor responsible for the death of citizen, Soud Al- Azmi, lawyer, Humoud Al-Hajri ridiculed the...

KUWAIT: The e-media law that was recently approved by the cabinet aroused severe criticism among political, cultural and legal groups who refused the law and described it as ‘muzzling,’ especially since the cabinet had been keeping a lid on...

KUWAIT: The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) announced that Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiary companies has joined the list of sponsors of the 15th Industrialists’ Conference ‘Foreign Direct Investment in GCC and its Impact on Industry’ as...

KUWAIT: A bomb with a timer was thrown by an unknown person in Farwaniya yesterday, said a security source. He noted that the bomb was later discovered to be a smoke bomb and did not have any explosives. Explosives...